The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-08-03
The Cotton AIoycmcnt.

From the Now York Financial Chron,
lclcs cotton article OF July % the follow
ing iiGnics arc gathered relative to the
movement OF tho staple during tho past
week:
For the week ended July - tho total
receipts reached 3,205 bales, against
1000 bales last week, 1,2Gl bales the
previous week, and 3,59S bales three
weeks since; making the total receipts
since the lst September, 1856, 5,202 00S
bales, against D, 2S9, ,Gl2 bales forthc same
pcrlodot 1850 Z, showing Il decrease since
September ], 1886, Of S7,5ll bales.
The total sales for forward dclivCly for
the week were lS3, 700 bales. For i'm
mediate delivery the total sales foot ND
this week $500 bales, including {, 2OI
bales for export and 2,G53 for home con
sumption.
The exports for the week reach total
OF lS,H'i bales, OF which lG, G54 were to
Great Britain, To to France, and :, 237
to the rest of the continent.
Inc imports INTO continental ports
during the week were 20, 600 bales.
These figures indicate m increase in the
cotton ll sight of 73, lGG bales as com
pared with the samC date of 1856, an
increase OF 1892 bales as cole,,,Ircd
with the corresponding t4!sa.tt1 Of 1885. and
decrease OF &HG,O23 bales MS compared
with SSH
I4e.total receipts from the planta-
Tons since lst September, 1856, are
5, le3, ,22G bales; i'll 1885 & wore 5,33S, 572
bales; in 1884 ) were i,72G,l 40 bales.
Although the receipts at the outports for
the past week were 3,295 bales, the actual
movement from tho plantations was only
- balcs, the balance being taken from
the stocks Mt the interior towns. Last
year tho receipts from the plantations
Tor the Same week wcro 1927 bales, and
and tor 1885 they 9O3 bales. The dc
crease IN amount in sight Tonight, rs
compared with last year, is 10, ,Sl2 bales,
the increase rs compared with 1891 ) is
7lJ,3l2 bales, md the increase ovcr
1888 is 701 ,025 bales.
The Chronicle says that the gpccula-
tlon Ill cotton for future delivery ut this
market has been fairly active for the
week undcr review, but pyices have
shown q good deal OF variaOlcnCgs and
lrrcgnlamty, influenced largely by ma
nipulation by the regular operators
Saturday was rather iirmer, but on Mon
day tho announcement of the failure of
house reported TO have been lcadcr
in the effort to "corncr" this crop cansod
q sharp decline IN July and August op-
tions. and weakened tho whole position;
but on Tuesday better report from Liv-
erpool and the repetition OF reports from
tho Southwest that damage was being
done by dronth, with some acco ants OF
worms, caused an equally smart advance,
On Wednesday the early months opened
lower and tho next crop dearcr, when
tho tone suddenly changed; there was
an active buying of Auguct, with the
noxt crop moro freely sold, closing lower,
while this crop maintained small adj,
vance. Thursday m irregular openine
was followed by q general decline, attrib,
utcd to tho report OF failures at Now
Orleans, tho eject of tho recent sharp
decline. Friday tho market was duh
and weak. Cotton on tho spot has met
with n moderate dcmand FOR homo con.
sumption. Quotations were reduced
l-1Gc. on Monday. On Thursday large
business was done for export, and up
lands wcro advanced 1.lGc. Friday
thcro was little doing, and middling up
lands nominal ct 10Ic,
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